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Think the life of a Zen monk is all serenity, peace, and austerity? Think again. Here, Shozan Jack Haubner gives an often-hilarious, always-candid ...

How to meditate—a concise, pocket-size guide that tells you everything you need to know, from the best-selling author of The Buddha Walks into a Ba...

Simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions—with a 60-minut...

Transform your yoga practice into a force for creating social change with this concise, eloquent manual of social justice tools and skills.  Skill ...

The delightful and often funny poetry of Zen’s quintessential free spirit, Master Ryokan—in a fresh translation by a beloved American Zen figureRyo...

Tibetan Buddhist wisdom meets modern life in this powerful guide that teaches you to face inner obstacles with courage, embrace all of life’s exper...

Insights and strategies for claiming victory over fear, from “one of the most remarkable and brilliant teachers of modern times” (Jack Kornfield, a...

A powerful meditation practice for connecting with your body's innate, guiding wisdom.Have you ever had a "gut feeling" about a certain person or s...

An award-winning translator finds surprisingly modern themes in a selection of erotic and religious stanzas from one of classical India's most cele...

"No words can explain enlightenment," says the seventh-century Zen classic Xin Ming, or "Song of Mind," yet, paradoxically, this poem is a master...

One of the best-known and most stirring American poems, brilliantly edited by Stephen Mitchell, now available in the Shambhala Pocket Library serie...

A remarkable collection of Tibetan religious verse--of interest to students of any spiritual tradition.     The first major anthology of Tibetan sp...

A lyrical translation of an inspired selection of verses from the earliest Buddhist monks and nuns.More than two thousand years ago, the earliest d...

Liberate yourself from the limitations and judgments imposed by your inner critic, and develop “soul qualities” to experience freedom and vitality ...

A James Beard Award Winner for Baking & DessertsNow celebrating its 10th anniversary, Sourdough offers 101 luscious recipes using natural, made...

What we call modern physics says something entirely new about the world and how it behaves. For many years, these theories have been accepted as th...

Over the past twenty-five years A. H. Almaas—widely recognized as a leader in integrating spirituality and psychology—has been developing and teach...

Sparks of Divinity is a collection of the teachings of yoga master B. K. S. Iyengar first published in a French-English bilingual edition in 1976. ...

Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen offer a radical challenge to the misconception that inner Vajrayana is primarily an esoteric system of ritual and...

If you have ever wished you could show children and teenagers how to enrich their lives with meditation and visualization, this book will delight y...

An accessible translation of the ancient classic handbook on Buddhist meditation by Kamalashila—with commentary from everyone’s favorite Buddhist t...

A contemporary and provocative examination of the life of the Buddha highlighting the influence of women from his journey to awakening through his ...

Tibetan Buddhist master Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso is known for his joyful songs of realization and his spontaneous and skillful teaching style. In th...